Dental bun, suddenly wont eat hay.

One of my bunnies stopped eating hay and had 3 dentals in the last 3 months, from 3 different vets. Drove far away to specialist too.
Tried all hays under the sun but she only breaks it n leave is. Sometimes will eat grass, will eat pellets and kale...she is not as keen on eating as she used to, had her on painkillers for 2 weeks now. That did not make her start eating hay. She was fussy about pellets too so i put them in bowl with water, soaked them up and they were gone in the morning so at east she has some bifer in. This seems to made her ear more. I cant give her less pellets as she would starve to deaf then eat hay. She used to be a big drinker 3 -4 bows a day. She would finish the bowl in once but now she hardly drinks. I give her juice in water but that does not attract her either.
I give her kale and greens so i guess she gets enough water from there.
I cant give her less of anything as she would not eat otherwise.
The problem on her tooth is one spur on the same tooth all the time, her teeth are not wonky so im still hoping this will correct itself somehow..because it costs me way too much every month.
She is 3 and castrated.
She is an inoor bun, has a friend but had to put her in a large dog cage, separately, in the same room as the other bun would finish all the food intended for her.

What do i do? :shock:

Has she had xrays to find out what is happening with her teeth. What did the speciaist say? For her to have such a limited diet it sounds to me like she may be in pain so is avoiding certain foods.

I haven't had any dental problems so someone will come along soon hopefully to advise. Nothing will be corrected if she is not eating hay or grass to wear the teeth down.

Whereabouts are you as someone may be able to recommend someone who could hopefully sort it out for good.

Hi. I have had exactly the same problem with my Pebbles. Firstly you need a good Specialist so ask for recommendations.

You definitely need x-rays doing, and bloods. My normal vet only gave Pebbles a 3 day course of anitibiotics two weeks ago after his last dental. He said the x-rays showed no tooth root problems.

The specialist I saw today (Mark at Trinity, in Maidstone) showed me the x-rays and showed the lower molar roots are actually pushing down into the lower jaw and deforming the jaw bone (almost pushing through). he also did blood tests that showed that pebbles had an infection.

And thrirdly, the main cause of Pebbles not eating is actually his heart is enlarged and pushing on his throat, blocking his breathing when he eats. Again, this was missed by my own vet. So before trying to get your bun to try eating hay, you really need to find and treat the cause.

I went to five different specialists listed on the forums here. After 6 months of difficult time, the rescue suggested to take her back to see if they can help.
The bunnies were not getting along and had to be shut in cages unlike before free range where they were free to go where they wanted. Im sure she is in a better place and well looked after.
If they can work out the problem and she gets better ican have her back. If she stays ill they will bond her with another dental bunny at their centre.

Theo is now happier free to run around and Elishka has the best care around.

It was hard to let her go but its better or both f them as none of them were happy. :-(